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FREEDOM AND FAIRNESS
an JFratixteoj Jfanhum
VOL. 106 ISSUE 12
TheFo8hornOnline.com
February 18,2010
Don't miss "The Dutchman," running Feb. 19-20 in
the Studio Theater on Lone
Mountain. The play is free
and open to the public.
J^
Wt
Kathleen Quinn discusses USF's policy on the
distribution of condoms.
QPTNTQ
W
4
Learn some fun and
funny allegedly true facts
about our leaders in honor
of President's Day.
USF wins against LMU.
sEim
Get a closer look at the
USF vs. LMU basketball game in a slide show
online. Check it out at
TheFoghornOnline.com.
FOG
11
Smokers Resist Using Designated Areas
Cass Krughoff/Foghorn
This vandalized sign in the garden between Gillson and Phelan is representative of many students' disregard for USF's non-smoking policy.
ERICKA MONTES
News Editor
Smoking on campus has been restricted
to two designated areas since Fall 2008, but
according to students, cooperation from
smokers has not been very effective. Smokers continue to smoke outside the boundary areas, including high-traffic places like
the front of The Market, by residence halls,
and Harney plaza. Yet the designated areas are located on main campus and Lone
Mountain. One is behind War Memorial
Gym and the second by the Rossi Wing.
The smoke free campus policy has been an
effort to eventually convert the university
into a non-smoking campus.
"Smokers are still smoking everywhere.
I don't think the policy has done much to
change that," said junior Alexandra Garcia. Garcia works the front desk at Hayes-
Healy and often sees smokers outside the
building on her way to work and on her
way out. "I can always count on seeing at
least two or three people just hanging out
smoking. It doesn't bother me because I'm
used to it, but I'm sure it bothers others."
Kamal Harb, Director of Health Promotion Services, said that the policy is
supposed to be a collaborative effort within the entire community. Not only should
smokers be expected to use the designated
areas, but students, faculty, and staff are
encouraged to go up to smokers and ask
them to relocate to a designated area.
"Compliance has been an issue. People
Meditation Session: Bringing
Some Relaxation to Campus
KAMILLA NOSOVITSKAYA
Staff Writer
Over and over countless students face
the stress and exhaustion of being in college. Through mounds of homework, work
hours, and extracurricular activities day in
and day out many students are living in a
constant state of stress. Addressing this issue and finding an outlet is not always easy
when your schedule is jam packed, USF
has anticipated, realized, and meet that
need for students and staff.
Beginning last semester at USF a meditation session was introduced to the campus. The session enabled students and
faculty to have an outlet available to them
to alleviate some stress. Initially Health
Promotion Services at USF found research
showing that college student stress levels
where exceedingly high. Health Promotion
Services started the meditation session, due
to hearing from students that they wanted
a more hands on approach and activity.
Kamal Harb Director of Health Promotion Services, head commented, "I have
been doing stress relieving exercise around
campus, and the feedback was that people
truly wanted something more hands on."
The mediation session is held once
a week, on Wednesday from 4:00pm to
5:00pm in the University Center, #417
and is open to anyone interested on campus. On average there are 9-12 people that
attend the sessions weekly. The major hope
and aspiration of the Health Promotion
Services with the meditation session is for
more people to come and attend. Currently the session are once a week in a small
room, with chairs for people to sit on. If
more people on campus gain awareness
and attend the session, then HPS can expand to a larger room, with added session
throughout the week, and more comfortable conditions.
The meditation session is highly flexible
and encourages people to come as they are
able to, not necessarily every week. The
response of the attendance has been good
overall. Alex Spaete, a freshman business
major, said, "I have been attending the
meditation session since fall of 2009.1 initially found out about the session through a
flyer on campus. I believe that the students
are responding well; I find that by spending time meditating I'm more focused and
productive."
The meditation session are led each
week by Dr. Catherine Al-Meten who
holds a Ph.D in Spirituality. Each week
she leads a group of students, faculty and
staff through different series of exercises
primarily based on what the group wants
to work on for the session. This includes
different traditional meditation practices
such as mantras, mudras, chakras, visualization, full-body relaxation, and music.
Al-Meten commented that, "I feel my
main goal is to encourage those who attend to find tools that work for their own
personality and needs in order to live a
more intentional life."
Some of the main focuses that are
practiced in the session are Prana/Breath-
ing and breath control, grounding, and
learning how to intentionally focus our
minds. This enables students to learn lessons on taking time to relieve some of the
stress they have day to day. Dr. Catherine
Al-Meten had very helpful suggestions for
people who are unable to attend the current meditation session. Make sure to find
some time for oneself and devote a bit of
time to actually practice being still and quiet. Al-Meten said, "Taking a slow walk or
swimming can be a meditative. Whatever
you do with intention, can be part of your
practice. One of the most essential parts
of any meditation practice is breath, called
parna. By simply turning your attention on
your breathing, you can start to develop a
calming, meditation practice."
RELAX: Continued on Page 3
know about the policy but they are not
complying by the policy," he said. "Many
support the policy, but the key is enforcement and compliance."
Complying with the policy is a challenge because of the new students entering
the university who are not well aware of it,
Harb said. Dependence on bystanders to
enforce the policy has been highly emphasized, since public safety officers are not
expected to issue tickets or some form of
punishment if smokers are found outside
the designated- areas.
"Public safety has other issues to deal
with besides chasing smokers on campus.
That's'not the purpose of the policy, to treat
them like outlaws," Harb said. However,
if smokers become abusive of the people
asking them to relocate, public safety does
have the authority to intervene or report
the incident.
Harb said that the biggest holdup in the
policy is that young people don't encourage their peers to smoke in the designated
smoking areas.
"I don't want to seem whiny," Freshman
Pablo Abarca said. "It's really inconsiderate because they're smoking where they're
not supposed to." Abarca said he has never
asked people to relocate in the past, but
if he was sitting at a bench near someone
smoking, he would ask them to smoke
elsewhere.
Harb said that the policy has made
somewhat of a change, which is meant to
change the norms of the campus. "If you
pass by a designated area, you'll find many
smokers are smoking right there. Change
is happening but change is slow in com-
■n
mg.
Senior Anders Christiensen is a smoker
on campus, and said that he has no problem going to the designated areas or going
off-campus to light a cigarette. If USF became a non-smoking campus, he said, "it
woundn't bother me, I would just go smoke
a block away from campus if I had to."
Harb said that this semester, Health
Promotion Services will send the Dons
Mascot to go around campus and distribute lollipops to promote the policy and
non-smoking.
He said the policy is really a means to
encourage people to quit smoking. Health
Promotion Services offers free programs to
students looking to quit. Even free smoking aides are provided.
Since the policy was implemented,
three or four people have come into Harb's
office every semester interested in quitting.
"It usually takes four to six weeks to decide
the best way to quit smoking," Harb said.
"Many individuals think when they meet
SMOKING: Continued on Page 2
Panel Discusses What Vagina
Monologues Mean for Men
LINDA MAN
Staff Writer
"The Vagina Monologues" is a play that
raises many sensitive topics in the forefronts of audiences'minds, such as violence
against women and other feminist issues.
On Feb. 11, prior to the opening perfor-
mancce of the play's three-night run, a
panel of professors and students working
with the show were able to answer questions regarding these issues. This included
the director of the play Julianne Fawsitt,
Associate Vice President and Dean of Students at USF Mary J. Wardell, Ed.D, Professor in Theology and Religious Studies
Lilian Dube, and others.
"The Vagina Monologues" has been at
USF for 10 years. The play and its vision
with USF focuses on human rights and
brings a global response instead of a local
perspective. This play also allows students
to participate in the movement.
The director of the show was asked to
explain the message of the show in relation to USF's mission. Fawsitt answered,
"The USF mission is to educate hearts and
minds to change the world..."The Vagina
Monologues" has funny and moving pieces, gaining education through a wide range
of experiences. If one opens itself to these
issues, it'll open their eyes...to experience
communally and share experiences with
other people."
"The Vagina Monologues" first began
in 1996 written by Eve Ensler. V-day first
began in 1998 with a sold-out benefit performance of the "The Vagina Monologue."
The "V" in V-day stands for "Victory, Valentine, and Vagina."Their website states V-
day is a "global movement to stop violence
against women."The V-day campaign is to
end physical and sexual violence, and even
assault on being a woman, which is less
obvious.
One of the major issues discussed
among the panel is the involvement with
men and the play. Men may feel uncomfortable going to see the show but those
in the audience and the panel believe that
men should be more aware of sexual violence and are encouraged to see the performance. A question was raised about how
they can get more involved, since many may
feel like their perspective is that they don't
belong there. The panel responded that
men might help out by getting involved in
dialogue and hopefully in the school curriculum. Students are more likely to listen
to other students as opposed to professors.
With the grant money received last year,
the panel hopes to incorporate a program
in the core curriculum about sexual violence.
Aside from getting people to see the
performance and being more aware of
sexual violence, there was discussion about
what the U.S. government and what the
Jesuit community is doing to help due to
limited resources. The panel responded
that the state and not the federal government controls sexual education. Sexual
issues are taught in sex education classes
but these classes have been minimized
and many policies have ended talk about
sex. Here at USF, a Jesuit community,
there is space created and opportunity for
dialogue. For example, The Vagina Monologue displays art and empathy. There is a
broader palate by including specific human
beings and behavior. The Gender, Sexuality 8c Women's Student Resource Center
at USF is also a resource and space dealing
with issues of sexual violence.
It is almost the anniversary of the sexual
assaults that occurred last year on campus.
One question was proposed to Fawsitt,
"Do you feel responsible that the plays
can trigger the trauma?" The president of
College Players responded that she does
feel responsible but there are resources
available, maybe not enough but there are.
In addition she said, "The campaign is to
PANEL: Continued on Page 2
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FREEDOM AND FAIRNESS
an JFratixteoj Jfanhum
VOL. 106 ISSUE 12
TheFo8hornOnline.com
February 18,2010
Don't miss "The Dutchman," running Feb. 19-20 in
the Studio Theater on Lone
Mountain. The play is free
and open to the public.
J^
Wt
Kathleen Quinn discusses USF's policy on the
distribution of condoms.
QPTNTQ
W
4
Learn some fun and
funny allegedly true facts
about our leaders in honor
of President's Day.
USF wins against LMU.
sEim
Get a closer look at the
USF vs. LMU basketball game in a slide show
online. Check it out at
TheFoghornOnline.com.
FOG
11
Smokers Resist Using Designated Areas
Cass Krughoff/Foghorn
This vandalized sign in the garden between Gillson and Phelan is representative of many students' disregard for USF's non-smoking policy.
ERICKA MONTES
News Editor
Smoking on campus has been restricted
to two designated areas since Fall 2008, but
according to students, cooperation from
smokers has not been very effective. Smokers continue to smoke outside the boundary areas, including high-traffic places like
the front of The Market, by residence halls,
and Harney plaza. Yet the designated areas are located on main campus and Lone
Mountain. One is behind War Memorial
Gym and the second by the Rossi Wing.
The smoke free campus policy has been an
effort to eventually convert the university
into a non-smoking campus.
"Smokers are still smoking everywhere.
I don't think the policy has done much to
change that," said junior Alexandra Garcia. Garcia works the front desk at Hayes-
Healy and often sees smokers outside the
building on her way to work and on her
way out. "I can always count on seeing at
least two or three people just hanging out
smoking. It doesn't bother me because I'm
used to it, but I'm sure it bothers others."
Kamal Harb, Director of Health Promotion Services, said that the policy is
supposed to be a collaborative effort within the entire community. Not only should
smokers be expected to use the designated
areas, but students, faculty, and staff are
encouraged to go up to smokers and ask
them to relocate to a designated area.
"Compliance has been an issue. People
Meditation Session: Bringing
Some Relaxation to Campus
KAMILLA NOSOVITSKAYA
Staff Writer
Over and over countless students face
the stress and exhaustion of being in college. Through mounds of homework, work
hours, and extracurricular activities day in
and day out many students are living in a
constant state of stress. Addressing this issue and finding an outlet is not always easy
when your schedule is jam packed, USF
has anticipated, realized, and meet that
need for students and staff.
Beginning last semester at USF a meditation session was introduced to the campus. The session enabled students and
faculty to have an outlet available to them
to alleviate some stress. Initially Health
Promotion Services at USF found research
showing that college student stress levels
where exceedingly high. Health Promotion
Services started the meditation session, due
to hearing from students that they wanted
a more hands on approach and activity.
Kamal Harb Director of Health Promotion Services, head commented, "I have
been doing stress relieving exercise around
campus, and the feedback was that people
truly wanted something more hands on."
The mediation session is held once
a week, on Wednesday from 4:00pm to
5:00pm in the University Center, #417
and is open to anyone interested on campus. On average there are 9-12 people that
attend the sessions weekly. The major hope
and aspiration of the Health Promotion
Services with the meditation session is for
more people to come and attend. Currently the session are once a week in a small
room, with chairs for people to sit on. If
more people on campus gain awareness
and attend the session, then HPS can expand to a larger room, with added session
throughout the week, and more comfortable conditions.
The meditation session is highly flexible
and encourages people to come as they are
able to, not necessarily every week. The
response of the attendance has been good
overall. Alex Spaete, a freshman business
major, said, "I have been attending the
meditation session since fall of 2009.1 initially found out about the session through a
flyer on campus. I believe that the students
are responding well; I find that by spending time meditating I'm more focused and
productive."
The meditation session are led each
week by Dr. Catherine Al-Meten who
holds a Ph.D in Spirituality. Each week
she leads a group of students, faculty and
staff through different series of exercises
primarily based on what the group wants
to work on for the session. This includes
different traditional meditation practices
such as mantras, mudras, chakras, visualization, full-body relaxation, and music.
Al-Meten commented that, "I feel my
main goal is to encourage those who attend to find tools that work for their own
personality and needs in order to live a
more intentional life."
Some of the main focuses that are
practiced in the session are Prana/Breath-
ing and breath control, grounding, and
learning how to intentionally focus our
minds. This enables students to learn lessons on taking time to relieve some of the
stress they have day to day. Dr. Catherine
Al-Meten had very helpful suggestions for
people who are unable to attend the current meditation session. Make sure to find
some time for oneself and devote a bit of
time to actually practice being still and quiet. Al-Meten said, "Taking a slow walk or
swimming can be a meditative. Whatever
you do with intention, can be part of your
practice. One of the most essential parts
of any meditation practice is breath, called
parna. By simply turning your attention on
your breathing, you can start to develop a
calming, meditation practice."
RELAX: Continued on Page 3
know about the policy but they are not
complying by the policy," he said. "Many
support the policy, but the key is enforcement and compliance."
Complying with the policy is a challenge because of the new students entering
the university who are not well aware of it,
Harb said. Dependence on bystanders to
enforce the policy has been highly emphasized, since public safety officers are not
expected to issue tickets or some form of
punishment if smokers are found outside
the designated- areas.
"Public safety has other issues to deal
with besides chasing smokers on campus.
That's'not the purpose of the policy, to treat
them like outlaws," Harb said. However,
if smokers become abusive of the people
asking them to relocate, public safety does
have the authority to intervene or report
the incident.
Harb said that the biggest holdup in the
policy is that young people don't encourage their peers to smoke in the designated
smoking areas.
"I don't want to seem whiny," Freshman
Pablo Abarca said. "It's really inconsiderate because they're smoking where they're
not supposed to." Abarca said he has never
asked people to relocate in the past, but
if he was sitting at a bench near someone
smoking, he would ask them to smoke
elsewhere.
Harb said that the policy has made
somewhat of a change, which is meant to
change the norms of the campus. "If you
pass by a designated area, you'll find many
smokers are smoking right there. Change
is happening but change is slow in com-
■n
mg.
Senior Anders Christiensen is a smoker
on campus, and said that he has no problem going to the designated areas or going
off-campus to light a cigarette. If USF became a non-smoking campus, he said, "it
woundn't bother me, I would just go smoke
a block away from campus if I had to."
Harb said that this semester, Health
Promotion Services will send the Dons
Mascot to go around campus and distribute lollipops to promote the policy and
non-smoking.
He said the policy is really a means to
encourage people to quit smoking. Health
Promotion Services offers free programs to
students looking to quit. Even free smoking aides are provided.
Since the policy was implemented,
three or four people have come into Harb's
office every semester interested in quitting.
"It usually takes four to six weeks to decide
the best way to quit smoking," Harb said.
"Many individuals think when they meet
SMOKING: Continued on Page 2
Panel Discusses What Vagina
Monologues Mean for Men
LINDA MAN
Staff Writer
"The Vagina Monologues" is a play that
raises many sensitive topics in the forefronts of audiences'minds, such as violence
against women and other feminist issues.
On Feb. 11, prior to the opening perfor-
mancce of the play's three-night run, a
panel of professors and students working
with the show were able to answer questions regarding these issues. This included
the director of the play Julianne Fawsitt,
Associate Vice President and Dean of Students at USF Mary J. Wardell, Ed.D, Professor in Theology and Religious Studies
Lilian Dube, and others.
"The Vagina Monologues" has been at
USF for 10 years. The play and its vision
with USF focuses on human rights and
brings a global response instead of a local
perspective. This play also allows students
to participate in the movement.
The director of the show was asked to
explain the message of the show in relation to USF's mission. Fawsitt answered,
"The USF mission is to educate hearts and
minds to change the world..."The Vagina
Monologues" has funny and moving pieces, gaining education through a wide range
of experiences. If one opens itself to these
issues, it'll open their eyes...to experience
communally and share experiences with
other people."
"The Vagina Monologues" first began
in 1996 written by Eve Ensler. V-day first
began in 1998 with a sold-out benefit performance of the "The Vagina Monologue."
The "V" in V-day stands for "Victory, Valentine, and Vagina."Their website states V-
day is a "global movement to stop violence
against women."The V-day campaign is to
end physical and sexual violence, and even
assault on being a woman, which is less
obvious.
One of the major issues discussed
among the panel is the involvement with
men and the play. Men may feel uncomfortable going to see the show but those
in the audience and the panel believe that
men should be more aware of sexual violence and are encouraged to see the performance. A question was raised about how
they can get more involved, since many may
feel like their perspective is that they don't
belong there. The panel responded that
men might help out by getting involved in
dialogue and hopefully in the school curriculum. Students are more likely to listen
to other students as opposed to professors.
With the grant money received last year,
the panel hopes to incorporate a program
in the core curriculum about sexual violence.
Aside from getting people to see the
performance and being more aware of
sexual violence, there was discussion about
what the U.S. government and what the
Jesuit community is doing to help due to
limited resources. The panel responded
that the state and not the federal government controls sexual education. Sexual
issues are taught in sex education classes
but these classes have been minimized
and many policies have ended talk about
sex. Here at USF, a Jesuit community,
there is space created and opportunity for
dialogue. For example, The Vagina Monologue displays art and empathy. There is a
broader palate by including specific human
beings and behavior. The Gender, Sexuality 8c Women's Student Resource Center
at USF is also a resource and space dealing
with issues of sexual violence.
It is almost the anniversary of the sexual
assaults that occurred last year on campus.
One question was proposed to Fawsitt,
"Do you feel responsible that the plays
can trigger the trauma?" The president of
College Players responded that she does
feel responsible but there are resources
available, maybe not enough but there are.
In addition she said, "The campaign is to
PANEL: Continued on Page 2
SAN FRANCISCO FOUIIORN
2130 FULTON STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118
NEWSROOM 415.422.(5122. ADVERTISING 415.422.2057